Upperman vs Red Bank Round 1

[UpperCumberlandMan]

It's hard to believe RB is a mediocre 3a team. They have had some great teams.

I agree, seems to have happened to all the inner chat schools since the opening of ERidge,Ehamilton, and Signal. This game scares me, sorta like Pearlcohn Va Smith in 2011.....hope not though. Edited November 2, 2015 by UpperCumberlandMan

[UpperCumberlandMan]

Any one out for Redbank or all healthy? #2 Stamper....he the real deal?

Edited November 4, 2015 by UpperCumberlandMan

[smpanthers]

42-14 upperman

[UpperCumberlandMan]

42-14 upperman

28 might be a little much, but I do think The U wins going away

[Indian]

I agree, seems to have happened to all the inner chat schools since the opening of ERidge,Ehamilton, and Signal. This game scares me, sorta like Pearlcohn Va Smith in 2011.....hope not though.

ER has been around for decades.

[Antwan]

ER has been around for decades.

I know some that graduated from there in the 70s

[THE SQUAD]

I know some that graduated from there in the 70s

Yeah East Ridge has been open since at least the mid '60's.

The opening of East Hamilton & Signal Point may have taken students away from them though I guess?...Moving kids around to Sale Creek, Hixson & Soddy Daisy may have happened too.

Wasn't Red Bank 5A when they won the state with Gerald Riggs Jr. several years ago?

I know they were 5A at one time because Cookeville played in a region with them after the old 7AAA broke up.

Just hard to imagine that big of a drop in class when Hamilton County is still growing as a whole.

Edited November 4, 2015 by THE SQUAD

[clintabbott]

East Ridge won the state championship in wrestling in the mid sixties with Mack Franklin and Ed Woodham, check Danny Gilbert- the wrestling guru.

[mcvolfan]

Chattanooga- too many schools. IMO one problem with budget issues. Hurts us in football come playoff time.

Yeah, signal pulled kids away from red bank at first and it hurt red bank. Red bank is not the most desirable area to live in now either.

East Hamilton pulled kids away from ooltewah at first and overcrowded east ham. They changed the zones and put a bunch of kids back in ooltewah and hurt east ham.

Several schools were 5a and are now 4a or 3a (tyner, brained). The bigger schools represent the largest growing areas.

Some of the rural counties build these massive schools and just have a larger pool of athletes to choose from. For example, I'm from East Hamilton, our school is a combo middle/high school. We traveled to Stone last week and that building was twice the size of ours. I assume they built that massive place to account for growth in the area. Hamilton county would rather build 3 smaller schools over the course of the growth for some reason.

[UpperCumberlandMan]

Chattanooga- too many schools. IMO one problem with budget issues. Hurts us in football come playoff time.

Yeah, signal pulled kids away from red bank at first and it hurt red bank. Red bank is not the most desirable area to live in now either.

East Hamilton pulled kids away from ooltewah at first and overcrowded east ham. They changed the zones and put a bunch of kids back in ooltewah and hurt east ham.

Several schools were 5a and are now 4a or 3a (tyner, brained). The bigger schools represent the largest growing areas.

Some of the rural counties build these massive schools and just have a larger pool of athletes to choose from. For example, I'm from East Hamilton, our school is a combo middle/high school. We traveled to Stone last week and that building was twice the size of ours. I assume they built that massive place to account for growth in the area. Hamilton county would rather build 3 smaller schools over the course of the growth for some reason.

good info

[THE SQUAD]

Yeah good info, I thought there were others down there that had dropped in class over the years but couldn't remember who.

[Indian]

Red Bank, Tyner, Howard, Brainerd, East Ridge, Hixson all used to be Class AAA in the three class system.